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just moved my first successful swarm trap home and inspected today. unfortunately i cant see evidence of a queen. no brood of any kind. they have made 5 combs thats taken up half the space in the nuk and are making honey and storing pollen, but no broodany advice on what i should do from here?

Allen, I called my mentor and he also made that suggestion.The swarm trap was deployed two Fridays ago and last Friday was the first i checked the trap and found bees in it.do you think its too early for me to worry about actually seeing brood?

Looks like a healthy swarm to me. In the future, when you're further along in your beekeeping, it would be wise to put foundationless frames in your traps. Avoids the step of having to do the cutout of your swarm trap.

I forgot to ask a question earlier. Are you seeing pollen on the bees legs when they return to the hive? That's a sure sign of brood in the hive. Good luck and keep us posted on the progress of your new hive. You're hooked now. :-D

BTW, very beautiful places and women in your flicker page. You are a very lucky man.